bruise 1 / bruise 2

Burning Man 2010: Metropolis

I went to Burning Man for the first time this year and it was soooo amazing on so many levels. Burning Man is a huge art and music festival way out in the desert and this year over 51,000 people were in attendance. Almost everyone brings a bike to Burning Man. There are some designated green bikes that you can borrow but they disappear often and are hard to find. And actually, you can buy an old used bike at the entrance too. You wouldn't want to bring a nice bike to Burning Man because the Alkali dust will get into everything and will ruin it. For my Burning Man Bike I went to the swap meet in Oakland and found a probably stolen bike for super cheap (sorry bro, I tipped a bit of my 40 our for ya) and then I used colored duct tape to decorate it. Building the bike was a fun project and riding around the playa was so much fun! I can't wait to go back and do it again next year.

Here are a few of my pics and a couple quick vids, enjoy :)















And here's another great post on Bikes @ Burning Man:
Check it out: www.bikejuju.com

Riding around the lake in Oakland

mai bike today: 7.02.10

and of course, also the bruise:



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bike survey

Heyyy,
Help out my fellow candycranks writer Jess (who's in Tokyo) by filling out her super quick survey about bike riding habits.
Here's the suvey link:
http://qtrial.qualtrics.com/SE?SID=SV_ah4KXqUGxjMS124
Thanks a bunch!
Marin
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East Bay Bike Party: 5/21/10

new scraper bikes vid

Scrapertown from California is a place. on Vimeo.

BYOBW 2010

Sarah's bruise

it's officially spring. time for bikes. (which means time for bruises, lol)

mai bike today: 3.26.10

mai bike today: 2.06.10

Bicycle by Steve Blanco

Bicycle from Steve Blanco on Vimeo.

ahhhhh... day dreams of sweet bike romance.

Love Wheels Nagoya

Grizzly Peak in Berkeley CA

I've been riding my bike more lately, which of course means... more bruises.



I don't know where the bruises come from. I don't know if they are from the actual bike riding, or my new theory.. is that I'm just more tired when I come home after riding and so I bump into more shit in my tiny apartment. (one of those bruises is def. right at coffee table level). But whatever. I guess it just means I'll never be a... leg model.

That's what my mom used to tell me when I was a kid and I'd get all scraped and scared up. It was always her opinion that if you weren't going to make your living off your looks (and obviously, none of us ever were), then there's really no point in worrying about looks/scars/bruises/ect.
And I guess she's right. per usual.

Yesterday my brother and I rode up to Grizzly Peak in Berkeley. I'm so happy I get to ride with my brother, cause he is funny and fun and polite. (He doesn't race off and leave you in the dust like so many of the other boys I used to ride bikes with).



The ride was one of those, 1.5 hours up and 5 min. down, type of rides and it started out warm and sunny and ended a little cold and grey. But all in all it was a super fun ride that I hope to repeat!



I was on my road bike, with my new shoes and clips and I'm still getting used to that set up, so at the first stop sign I totally couldn't get my foot out the clips and fell over. It was awesome/hilarious/embarrassing.



You may remember a while back, how I posted about my brother getting doored by a car, and how that fucked up his bike. Well he built a new one, using most of the old components and a new steel frame. It's a pretty sweet ride. Perfect for everyday riding and locking up on/around the UCB campus. (can't have anything that looks to fancy or your shit will get jacked). And the best part is he pretty much built this new whip all by himself.



ahhhhh... sense of accomplishment. it's what riding bikes is all about.
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bike friends

Candy Cranks Blog

Holy crap, I just got invited to write for the Candy Cranks Blog reppin' San Francisco, and I couldn't be more excited!

Their tag line is *CHICKS THAT SPIN AROUND THE GLOBE* and the blog is basically a collaboration of female riders from around the world giving insight to bike culture in their home cities.
When I came across their blog my soul had this moment, like, *oh there you are... I've totally been looking for you* type of thing. I feel like this is something I was meant to do. The tiny blog wheels in my head are already turning :)
So yeah, super stoked.
I'm going to go ahead and add *writing for an international girlie bike blog* on my list of dreams that I MADE come true in 2009.
(It will go right there under being in DC to watch Barack Obama be sworn in as the President of the United States, moving into my own sweet little apartment in SF, one of the greatest cities in the world, imo. And meeting Shawn White and then watching him win the half pipe contest at the Burton New Zealand open.)
Sigh... life is grand.

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put the fun between your legs

"Everything we take for granted: the weekend, gay rights, contraception, women wearing trousers, the right to strike, to form a union, the abolition of slavery. Everything was won by disobedience, fought for by people who refused and resisted, claimed back from those in power. Their disobedience was a gift to our future."

I like the idea of this!
read more about this bike bloc project HERE

so many bikes...

that we hang em from de trees!

SF... I <3 this citay!

pssst...

my bike is still hot.

we are going to be in a photo shoot on Sunday. hopefully. if it all works out.
yeee!

July 2009

I haven't been riding my bike as much as I should. I've been hella busy OK. But I did ride a bit last week, which inevitably means bruises, lol.


my bike is still as hot as ever:

and check out this other cool bike I spotted in front of Burma Superstar, one of my all time favorite restaurants:

sick.

I'm off to New Zealand this Saturday to visit some friends and do some snowboarding.
I'm so excited!! I wonder if they have cool bikes there..??
Dun worry, I'll post pics of what I do see.

Doored!

Can't believe I forgot to post this until now.
My poor brother got doored by a dumb ass in Berkeley.
He was riding in the bike lane and some fool opened a car door right into him.
His bike is fucked. Bent frame.
He ran into the door with his arm, I guess and then fell down and hit his head hard on the pavement, but was wearing a helmet.
YAY..... for helmets!
Everyone should wear a helmet all the time!
Myself included, damn it.
(p.s. if you ever see me riding without my helmet you have my permission to talk hella shit to me about how stupid I am. It doesn't happen much anymore, but I've been known to *forget* my helmet, despite the fact that my mom and now my brother have both been saved big time by helmets.)
When my brother sort of sat up he looked at his arm and noticed that his whole shirt was covered in blood. All the blood made him feel a little whoosie, so he had to lay back down. A nurse showed up and helped him out. The driver drove away so someone called 911 and reported it to the police. All the emergency people showed up and he had to go to the hospital and get some stitches.

I really hope he gets a new bike out of the deal.
He got a police report and is in the processes of trying to get the other person's insurance to pay up.
Totally sucks!
But as usual, it could have been a lot worse, so you gotta be thankful.
Be careful out there kids.
It's a mad mad world.

YAY.. Wed. Night Bike Rides!

So they cut my hours by 4-5 hours (10-15%) at work, and it sucks in a lot of ways, but the one super awesome way that it doesn't suck... is that it means I get to ride bikes on Wed.'s again with the Fix without Dix crew. This makes me happy! I love riding with girls! It is really so much more fun. Nobody gets left behind. But we ride hard and we have fun. I would love to get some more of my girl friends to come out and ride bikes!

SO IF ANYONE EVER WANTS TO RIDE WITH US... IT'S WED. NIGHTS @ 630PM AT LAKE MERRITT BART!

fucking ouch!

mai bike today

I was outside a bar on 6th street last weekend, getting ready to ride home and I heard this guy say *I've seen that bike before... on the internet*